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ith cooler temperatures creeping in and summer turning into fall, it’s an especially lovely time of year to visit a local farmers market. The fresh locally grown produce is plentiful. I’ve also noticed that lots of farmers markets are starting to offer yoga classes, too. Many of these classes are donation based, and if you’ve been curious about trying yoga, this is a great way to get started. It’s delightful to practice yoga outdoors as it adds an additional level of enjoyment plus grounding to the experience. Imagine riding your bike to the local farmers market, practicing yoga outside, then selecting those delectable fruits and veggies, filling your bike basket until it can’t hold anymore and then pedaling home. Seems like a great way to start the day, for both body and soul. Yoga is the union of mind, body and spirit and it is essentially made up of poses which help to stretch the body and control the breath to bring calm to the mind. It’s beneficial to bodies of all sizes, shapes and abilities. It’s equally helpful to calm young children all the way up to seniors who want to stay active. We’re very fortunate to have such a wide selection of yoga studios and classes offered in the Wayne county area and beyond. If you’re new to yoga it’s good to visit a few different studios in order to find the class and teacher that resonate best with you. I started practicing yoga years ago, and it seems to cycle in and out of my life as a regular practice. At one point, I encouraged my husband to try a class. We started attending a gentle yoga class once a week followed by a lunch outing. It was really nice while it lasted, but it was soon clear that he needed to move on in his practice and try more challenging classes. After a few years he decided to deepen his practice and attended a teacher training program. He now teaches a couple yoga classes each week at Strongheart Yoga in Warren. One of the classes he teaches is a gentle yoga class on Monday morning, which tends to draw seniors, hair dressers and anyone else that gets Mondays off. He especially loves interacting with these seniors, the ones who are willing to be open to new experiences and to push themselves out of their comfort zone; like trying a yoga class! At first he helps them modify poses that normally might be too difficult. Gradually, as they progress, he gets to be a part of the joy they feel as they surprise themselves with the progress they’ve made. If you’re curious to try a yoga class, be sure to check out the listings in both our ongoing and dated calendars. If you’re already practicing yoga and are ready to further your practice, reach out to Connie Fedel from Taylor Yoga. She and Meena Franks will soon be offering an opportunity to deepen your practice. [see ad pg ??] Take some quiet time to relax and enjoy the beautiful autumn days, and if things get a little stressed in your life, remember to BREATHE!
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Staying Vibrant in Mind, Body and Spirit by Kathleen Barnes
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newsbriefs September is Whole Grains Month
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eptember is a time for renewal; school starts up again, harvesting is on the horizon, and the temperatures are a bit cooler. Since its also whole grain month, it’s also a great time to try a new grain—a whole grain that is. Whole grains are those that have all of the original parts of the grain’s kernel: the germ, endosperm and bran. Some common whole grains include corn (like popcorn), oats (oatmeal), whole wheat, brown rice and barley. Whole grains such as quinoa (pronounced keen-wa), amaranth, and triticale are less well known but are appearing more often on restaurant menus. Whole grains offer a number of tasty benefits and add interesting flavors to meals. Since whole grains include the bran part of the seed (the covering over the kernel that provides protection for the seed and fiber for you), they can take a bit longer to prepare. Although, they can easily be prepared ahead of time or overnight in a slow cooker and stored in the refrigerator. Here are some ways to introduce more whole grains in your family’s meals:
BREAKFAST
buckwheat pancakes or waffles, granola made with whole oats, cereals or breakfast bars made with whole grains, omelet with quinoa, tomatoes, spinach and smoked goat cheese
Tai Chi Easy Offered in Four Wayne County Cities
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ertified Tai Chi Easy Teacher, Erin Reas, will be leading classes in Dearborn, Woodhaven, Grosse Ile and Harper Woods this month. Originally developed as a martial art in China, Tai Chi is gaining popularity because of it’s measurable health benefits which include lowering blood pressure, improving balance and coordination, increasing joint mobility, boosting the immune system and reducing anxiety and depression. Tai Chi Easy was created by Roger Jahnke, OMD in 2004 and presents powerful health enhancement practices from Chinese medicine in a simple and easy-to-learn way; also encompassing five movements from Yang style Tai Chi. Tai Chi Easy allows participants the ability to gain the health benefits of Tai Chi quickly. Reas, trained by Dr. Jahnke, has been leading classes in the Metro Detroit area since 2009. “I have been amazed by how much Tai Chi Easy has improved my physical and emotional health. It is rewarding to see how simple practices have improved the lives of the students in mu classes” states Reas.
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bulgur salad with edamame and cherry tomatoes, fruit kumquat and quinoa salad, sesame brown rice salad with tofu and peanuts, millet salad with pineapple and avocado
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whole-grain spaghetti with chili peppers, turkey sausage and goat cheese, spicy lemon salmon and quinoa, wild rice salad with quinoa, sautéed leeks and cherries, whole grain couscous and sundried tomatoes
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popcorn, whole grain crackers, chips or pretzels, brown rice cakes and crackers, homemade whole grain granola with fruit and nuts. Experimenting with the variety of whole grains available adds a new dimension to healthy eating. Latricia Wright is owner of Olive Seed, a natural health and wellness practice dedicated to wellness, sustainability and social change. Their goal is to work with individuals, families and corporations to support and promote health and wellbeing through workshops, cooking demonstrations, consulting services, and carefully selected, completely natural products. For recipes or more information, visit www. olive-seed.com or call 313-757-0993.
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6-week Wednesday class begins 9/23, 7p.m. $ 58. Grosse Ile Middle School, Grosse Ile. 734-675-22364. 8-week Thursday Class begins 9/17, 10a.m. $48. Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, Dearborn.313-429-3214. 6-week Friday class begins 9/11, 11a.m. Special Pricing. Woodhaven Community Center, Woodhaven.734-675-3000. 6-week Saturday class begins 9/12, 11a.m. $48. Harper Woods High School, Harper Woods. 313-343-2560. For more information, visit FaceBook. com/Ease.Chi.
newsbriefs Yoga Time Teacher Training
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t’s the time of year when talk of the new school year fills the air... whether it is first grade or college, or even life training. Yoga Time Teacher Training is life training. 200 hour Yoga Alliance Registered Teacher Training Program has partnered with Taylor Yoga, to provide a wonderful way to receive certification to teach professionally and learn life skills both on and off the mat. This program is an excellent way for those interested in deepening their understanding of the physical, spiritual and philosophical aspects of the ancient practice of yoga but also for those who feel the calling to share the practice professionally. This program encourages individuals to not only practice yoga to become more flexible in body but also to live more consciously with a fuller and greater awareness of oneself and the world at large. As a deeper understanding of self and the universe becomes cleared, life experiences become enriched, too. With the 33 sessions of training, participants learn to share Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga, Siddhar Kundalini Yoga, Bhakti as taught by A.C. Bhaktivedanta swami Prabhupada, and Lazy Yoga. Attendees will receive a Comprehensive Teacher Training Manual, Autobiography of a Yogi, Blessed Bhagava Gita, *Siva Sivaa siddhar meditation cd and Diksh/energetic empowerment plus three complete immersion days up north and practice at two temples under the guidance of temple priests. Upon completion of the training, students will have the skills and tools
necessary to modify their practice to suit their individual needs in addition to the needs of future students. Whether teaching in a warm inviting studio or in a hospital room, the students will be confident to teach in any surroundings or situation. Meena Franks, the director of the training program has 10 years experience and has been on the path of the Siddhars since 2003 plus has been practicing and teaching Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga for nearly as long. Franks has also received the distinction of master from her guru thus obligated to teach. Fulfilling her dharma, she is offering this opportunity along with Connie Fedel of Taylor Yoga, enabling students to fulfill their personal dharma. Dates: Training will be Thursday evenings and Sundays for four months, beginning 1/7/16. Cost: $3200. Cash, payment plans and financing available through PNC Bank, Taylor Branch. Location: Taylor Yoga Studio, 8935 Telegraph, Taylor. For more information, visit TaylorYoga.com. 915-740-0630 or 313-292-9642.
Yoga is the fountain of youth. You’re only as young as your spine is flexible. ~Bob Harper
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newsbriefs Crafting with Grace
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he Seventh annual Ann Arbor Art & Craft Show, “Crafting with Grace”, will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., October 3 at New Grace Apostolic Temple. This indoor juried show will feature over 60 artists and crafters from around the country, with a variety of mediums and styles of work represented. There is something for everyone. A wide selection of handcrafted arts and crafts including jewelry, potter, textiles and fibers, soaps lotions, soy candles, doll clothes, photography, hand blown glass, dog garments, home goods 10am-5pm and additional artwork will round out the rd show, making it a season favorite. There will also be a complimentary Kids Kraft Korner and face-painting. Concessions and baked goods will be available for purchase with even take-out opportunities. Door prizes featuring items created and donated by the artists and crafters are another highlight of this show. A portion of all proceeds fund various community programs.
Do Your Children Have Food Sensitivities?
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ulie Johnson is presenting a program on Biomeridian Assessments at three Better Health Markets & Vitamin Stores in Wayne County Stores this September. Using the Biomeridian computer Jones will give a basic mini assessment to determine gluten sensitivity particularly related to wheat, whole wheat, and whole grains. Gluten sensitivity testing will also include a quick look at the organs most commonly affected by gluten which includes the digestive system, sinuses and adrenal glands. This quick, painless and non-invasive assessment, Meridian Stress Assessment or Electro-Dermal Screening is a method of measuring electrical activity occurring in the body, specifically related to each
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New Grace Apostolic Temple 2898 Packard Rd. • Ann Arbor (bet. Platt & Stone School).
Cost: $2 for 12 & over. Free on and off-site parking with shuttle. Location: 2898 Juried indoor show featuring: • 50+ Artists Packard Rd, Ann Arbor. For more information, visit CraftingWithGrace.com.
and Crafters • Complimentary Kids Kraft Korner and Face-Painting • Concessions Cooking Class for Healing Hormones • Baked Goods • Door Prizes & More! Naturally $2 will Admission (12+) r. Linda Solomon be presenting a cooking class from 11 a.m. to noon,
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September 12 at TLC Holistic Wellness in Livonia. The class will address healing hormones naturally by getting to the cause of hot flashes, mood swings and sleep problems. She will discuss which foods balance hormones and cool hot flashes. Additionally, recipes will be prepared from Dr. Solomon’s book, and will includse take home recipes to create a good mood. TLC Holistic Wellness Center assists their patients with obtaining freedom from pain, inflammation and body aches plus strives to provide guidance in improving body function and knowledge to bring about restoration of body balance using nutrition and lifestyle changes.
www.craftngwithgrace.com craftshow@newgrace.org 734-368-8897
Cost: Free. Location: 31580 Schoolcraft, Livonia. For more information, visit TLCHolistWellness. com or call 734-664-0339.
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organ. Much like an EKG measures the electrical activity occurring in the heart, MSA identifies which areas have moved away from the norm. With the information gathered, the computer generates an effective and comprehensive support program that can then be implemented to bring the body back to a healthy balance using nutrition, supplementation and/or homeopathic remedies specific to individual needs. Johnson is a Certified Biomeridian Specialist, Certified Holistic Health Practitioner and Nutritional Consultant and often seen at the Better Health stores giving MSA demonstrations and consultations as well as seminars on popular health topics. Cost: Free but must RSVP. Sept., 9 from 4-7p.m, 10792 Belleville Rd., Belleville. 734-699-2929. Sept., 16, 4-7p.m, 1330 N Telegraph, Dearborn.313-724-6000. Sept., 29,4-7 p.m., 17825 Eureka Rd, Southgate. 734-374-1973. For more information, visit TheBetterHealthStore. com/Events.
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Yoga Boosts Brain Gray Matter
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esearch from the Brain Imaging and Analysis Center at Duke University Medical Center has found that a regular hatha yoga practice increases gray matter within the brain, reversing the loss found among those with chronic pain. The researchers tested seven hatha yoga meditation practitioners and seven non-practitioners. Each of the subjects underwent tests for depression, anxiety, moods and cognition levels, along with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scans. The scientists found that the brains of the yoga meditation practitioners contained significantly greater gray matter by volume in key brain regions, including the frontal, temporal and occipital cortices, plus the cerebellum and the hippocampus, compared to the non-yoga subjects. The yoga meditation practitioners also had more gray area in the prefrontal cortex regions that are involved in decision-making, reward/consequence, control and coordination.
Support Groups Keep Artery Patients Mobile
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esearch published in the Journal of the American Heart Association has determined that when peripheral artery disease patients engage in behavioral support groups that encourage exercise, they realize increased mobility. The researchers from Northwestern University followed 194 patients for a year, testing subjects at six months and again at 12 months. The patients were divided into two groups; one attended weekly intervention group meetings, while the control group attended weekly lectures. After six months, the researchers found that only 6.3 percent of those that attended the support group meetings experienced mobility loss, compared to 26.5 percent of those that didn’t attend the meetings. After one year, the support group attendees again showed positive results. The control group had 18.5 percent loss in mobility, while only 5.2 percent of the support group attendees did.
Smog Increases Stroke Risk
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esearch from Germany has found that the high particulate numbers in smoggy areas increase the risk of stroke. The Heinz Nixdorf Recall study followed more than 4,400 people between the ages of 45 and 74 years old. The researchers began the study in 2000. They compared stroke and heart attacks to air pollution particulate matter (PM) levels of PM10 (particle sizes of 10 micrometers or less) and PM2.5 (2.5 micrometers or less). The study found that stroke incidence was more than two-and-a-half times higher among people with long-term exposure to PM10, while stroke incidence increased by more than three times among people with long-term exposure to PM2.5 smog.
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Chamomile Tea Helps Us Live Longer
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n a study of 1,677 Mexican-American men and women over the age of 65 from the Southwestern U.S., researchers have found that drinking chamomile tea decreases the risk of earlier mortality by an average of 29 percent. Researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch followed the study population for seven years. Among those tested, 14 percent drank chamomile tea regularly. These were primarily women, and those women that drank chamomile tea experienced a 33 percent reduced mortality during the study period. The small group of men that drank the chamomile tea regularly did not register a significant difference in mortality. Chamomile also has a long history of use in folk medicine and is primarily used to settle digestion and calm the mind. It is a leading natural herbal tea in many countries and contains no caffeine. While various species may be used, chamomile tea is traditionally made by infusing the flowers of either German chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla) or Roman chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile) into hot water. In Spanish-speaking regions, chamomile tea is often referred to as manzanilla tea—consumed in Mexico and other Spanish cultures for centuries.
Daily Exercise Adds Five Years to Life
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esearch published this year in the British Journal of Sports Medicine has determined that just 30 minutes of exercise, six days a week, can result in a reduced risk of early death by 40 percent, regardless of the intensity of the exercise. The researchers followed nearly 15,000 men born between 1923 and 1932. The men’s exercise and sedentary levels were measured along with the number of deaths that occurred during two 12-year study periods. In the second 12-year period, the researchers followed almost 6,000 of the surviving men. The researchers compared those men that were sedentary with those that exercised either moderately or intensely and found that moderate to intense exercise increased their average lifespan by five years. This improvement was comparable to the difference between smoking and non-smoking, according to the researchers. The data comes from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, in Oslo. The scientists’ finding confirms that public health practices for elderly men should include efforts to increase physical activity, along with efforts to reduce smoking.
Muscle-Building Supplements Linked to Testicular Cancer
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ew research published in the British Journal of Cancer has found that taking muscle-building supplements can increase the risk of testicular cancer by up to 65 percent. The study monitored 356 cancer patients and 513 control subjects, all from Connecticut and Massachusetts. The case-control study was conducted by researchers from the Yale School of Public Health and the Harvard School of Public Health, and tested for testicular germ cell cancer. About 90 percent of testicular cancers originate from germ cells. The researchers found the subjects that used multiple musclebuilding supplements and those that began using the supplements when they were younger had the greatest risk of developing cancer.
Plants Absorb Second-Hand Smoke, Too
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GREEN TEA, APPLES AND COCOA PROTECT AGAINST CANCER AND ARTERIAL PLAQUE
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esearch published in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research has found a new mechanism that may provide the key to why some foods are particularly healthy. The researchers found that epigallocatechin gallates, a class of polyphenols contained in green tea, apples, cocoa and other herbs and foods, blocks vascular endothelial growth factor, or VEGF, which is implicated in the buildup of plaque in the arteries, as well as cancer growth. Blocking VEGF helps prevent angiogenesis—when tumors form new blood vessels that help them grow. The researchers, from the Institute of Food Research, in Norwich, in the United Kingdom, tested the polyphenols, as well as human cells, in the laboratory. natural awakenings
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A Third of U.S. Power May Be Wind by 2050 According to a new study by the U.S. Energy Department (Tinyurl.com/EnergyDepartmentWindReport), wind power could provide more than a third of the nation’s electricity in a few decades, while posting a net savings in energy costs. Undersecretary for Technology and Energy Lynn Orr, Ph.D., states, “With continued commitment, wind can be the cheapest, cleanest option in all 50 states by 2050.” Wind power has tripled since 2000, and now supplies nearly 5 percent of the country’s electric power. The report says that it could dramatically reduce air pollution and go a long way toward meeting the country’s goals of slowing climate change. Meanwhile, Spanish engineers have invented the Vortex Bladeless wind turbine, a hollow straw that sticks up 40 feet from the ground and vibrates when the wind passes through it. Instead of using a propeller, the Vortex takes advantage of an aerodynamic effect called vorticity. The result is a turbine that’s 50 percent less expensive than a bladed model and is nearly silent. It’s not as efficient as conventional turbines, but more of them can be placed in the same amount of space, for a net gain of 40 percent in efficiency. Plus, with no gears or moving parts, maintenance is much easier and they are safer for bats and birds. Source: Wired
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De-Salting Water Could Help Drought-Stricken Areas A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Jain Irrigation Systems has devised a method of turning brackish water into drinking water using renewable energy. This solar-powered machine is able to pull salt out of water and disinfect it with ultraviolet rays, making it suitable for both irrigation and drinking. Electrodialysis works by passing a stream of water between two electrodes with opposite charges. Because the salt dissolved in water consists of positive and negative ions, the electrodes pull the ions out of the water, leaving fresher water at the center of the flow. A series of membranes separate the freshwater stream from increasingly salty ones. The photovoltaic-powered electrodialysis reversal system recently won the top $140,000 Desal Prize from the U.S. Department of Interior. “This technology has the potential to bring agriculture to vast barren lands using brackish water,” says Richard Restuccia, Jain’s vice president of landscape solutions. The prize was developed to supply catalytic funding to capture and support innovative ideas and new technologies that could have a significant impact on resolving global water demand. Among 13 desalination projects under consideration along the California coast, the Carlsbad Desalination Project will be the largest in the Western Hemisphere once it is completed in the fall. Source: EcoWatch.com
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Embracing Invasives Rethinking the Balance of Nature
Environmental journalist Fred Pearce, author of the new book, The New Wild: Why Invasive Species Will Be Nature’s Salvation, traveled across six continents and ecosystems from remote Pacific islands to the United Kingdom and the Great Lakes to reveal some outdated scientific ideas about invasive species and the balance of nature. Pearce argues that mainstream environmentalists are correct that we need a rewilding of the Earth, but they are wrong if they believe it can be achieved by reengineering ecosystems. He thinks that humans have changed the planet too much, and nature never goes backward. But a growing group of scientists is taking a fresh look at how species interact in the wild. According to these new ecologists, we should applaud the dynamism of alien species and the new ecosystems they create. In an era of climate change and widespread ecological damage, it’s crucial that we find ways to help nature regenerate. Embracing this new ecology, Pearce proposes, is our best chance, maintaining, “To be an environmentalist in the 21st century means celebrating nature’s wildness and capacity for change.” Source: Earthtalk.org
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Today’s Young Adults Are the Least Religious Ever Researchers led by San Diego State University Psychology Professor Jean M. Twenge, Ph.D., found that millennials are the least religious generation of the last six decades, and possibly in the nation’s history. They analyzed data from 11.2 million respondents from four nationally representative surveys of U.S. adolescents ages 13 to 18 taken between 1966 and 2014. Results published in the journal PLOS One conclude that recent adolescents are less likely to say that religion is important in their lives, report less approval of religious organizations and find themselves feeling less spiritual and spending less time praying or meditating. “Unlike previous studies, ours is able to show that millennials’ lower religious involvement is due to cultural change, not to their being young and unsettled,” says Twenge, who is also the author of Generation Me. “Millennial adolescents are less religious than Boomers and GenXers were at the same ages,” she notes. “We also looked at younger ages than the previous studies. More of today’s adolescents are abandoning religion before they reach adulthood, with an increasing number not raised with religion at all.” Source: San Diego State University
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Connecticut Initiates Mattress Recycling Connecticut has introduced the nation’s first-ever mattress recycling program to get old beds off the curb and into the renewable waste stream via Park City Green, a cavernous warehouse in Bridgeport where mattresses go to die and get reborn. One of only two mattress recycling facilities in the state, it employs workers that manually break down bedding parts, separating the materials into giant piles of foam, mounds of cotton and tall stacks of metal springs. All this gets shipped off to junk dealers to be recycled and reclaimed for later use in the metal industry or as backing for carpets. The city had been paying hundreds of thousands of dollars per year to pick up mattresses on trash day and break them apart for disposal, but that figure is expected to drop to zero and create jobs at the same time. Connecticut’s program is voluntary, so municipalities don’t have to participate. But because it’s already being paid for by consumers and the mattress industry, state officials expect the program to grow. Already, more than 60 Connecticut communities are participating.
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AGELESS BEING Staying Vibrant in Mind, Body and Spirit by Kathleen Barnes
Agelessness: Engaging in and experiencing life without fear of falling, failing or falling apart.
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Our Western society fosters a belief system that we will become decrepit, frail
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and mentally feeble at a certain age. “When my mother turned 50, her mailbox suddenly filled with ads for adult diapers, walkers and long-term care insurance,” Northrup quips. The point is well taken. Think vibrant, healthy, gorgeous and yes, sexy Sandra Bullock, Johnny Depp, Chris Rock and Brooke Shields—all 50 or older—as the targets of ads for Depend. We’re living and working longer, and many of us are feeling, looking and staying young longer. So is 60 the new 40? Yes, say State University of New York at Stony Brook researchers, and further note that we’re generally leading longer and healthier lives. Centenarians are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population. In the 2010 census, 53,364 people had surpassed their 100th year, an increase
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of 40 percent over the 1980 census, and more than 80 percent of them are women. The National Institute on Aging projects that this number could increase tenfold or more by 2050. What we think of as “old” has changed. Many baby boomers refuse to buy into the mythology of aging, bristle at being called senior citizens and especially dislike being called elderly. Their position is backed by science. Stem cell biologist Bruce Lipton, Ph.D., author of Biology of Belief and currently a visiting professor at the New Zealand College of Chiropractic, in Auckland, is best known for promoting the concept that DNA can be changed by belief, for good or ill. Lipton explains that we all have billions of stem cells designed to repair or replace damaged—and aging—tissues and organs. “[These cells] are profoundly influenced by our thoughts and perceptions about the environment,” Lipton explains. “Hence our beliefs about aging can either interfere with or enhance stem cell function, causing our physiological regeneration or decline.” “Yes, we are destined to grow older, but decrepitude and what we call aging is an optional state,” Northrup adds. “Our genes, nutrition and environment are under our control far more than we may have thought.” More, she says, “Words are powerful. Don’t talk yourself into believing your brain is turning to mush just because you are over 40.”
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“Manage the four horsemen of the aging apocalypse,” encourages nutrition and longevity expert Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., a Los Angeles board-certified nutritionist and author of The Most Effective Ways to Live Longer. He says the aging process, including disease, loss of physical or mental function and the general breakdown of systems, is caused by one or more of four factors: oxidative damage (literally rusty cells); inflammation; glycation (excess sugar, metabolic syndrome); and stress. “Collectively, they damage cells and DNA, wear down organs and systems, deeply damage the vascular pathways that deliver blood and oxygen to the entire body, and even shrink brain size,” explains Bowden.
While it may seem like a tall order to make lifestyle changes that vanquish these four horsemen, Bowden says they can be broken into manageable elements by employing an arsenal of healthful weapons: whole foods, nutrients, stress-reduction techniques, exercise, detoxification and relationship improvement. “All of these actually do double duty, battling more than one of the four processes that can effectively shorten your life,” he reports, based on his 25 years of study.
Oxidative Damage
Consider what rust does to metal. That’s what free radical oxygen molecules do to cells. Over time, they damage them and cause aging from within. “Oxidative damage plays a major role in virtually every degenerative disease of aging, from Alzheimer’s to cancer to heart disease and diabetes, even immune dysfunction,” says Bowden. His recommended key to destroying free radicals is a diet rich in antioxidants, including lots of fresh fruits and vegetables and healthy fats, nuts, grassfed meats and organic dairy products. Avoid environmental free radicals that show up in toxic chemicals by eating as much organic food as possible and avidly avoiding residues of the poisonous pesticides and herbicides sprayed on crops eaten by people and livestock.
Inflammation
Long-term inflammation is a silent killer because it operates beneath the radar, often unnoticed, damaging blood vessel walls. Like oxidative damage, inflammation is a factor in all the degenerative diseases associated with aging, says Bowden. His suggestion: First, get a Creactive protein (CRP) test to determine the levels of inflammation in our body. A CRP level over 3 milligrams/liter indicates a high risk of a heart attack. Antiinflammatory foods like onions, garlic, leafy greens, tomatoes, beans, nuts and seeds have all been widely scientifically proven to reduce chronic inflammation.
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This is the result of excessive sugar that glues itself to protein or fat molecules, leaving a sticky mess that creates advanced glycation end (AGE) products
Compute Your Real Age Lifestyle choices can make our bodies older, or younger, than our number of orbits around the sun, according to Michael Roizen, a doctor of internal medicine and author of This is Your Do-Over: The 7 Secrets of Losing Weight, Living Longer, and Getting a Second Chance at the Life You Want. “Seventy percent of aging is in the simple things you do or don’t do,” he maintains. Here are a few sobering examples: n An unresolved major life stressor, such as a divorce, being sued, the death of a close relative or other traumatic events, can add up to 32 years to chronological age. Managing the stress adds a relatively insignificant two years. n Swap out saturated fats (cheese and meat) for monounsaturated fats (olive oil, nuts and avocados). Subtract 2.5 years from chronological age. n Get up out of the chair every 15 minutes and also take a 10-minute walk every two hours. Subtract 2.1 years from chronological age. n Have close friends. Subtract 2.1 years from chronological age. Take the Real Age test at ShareCare.com/RealAge.
that damage all body systems and are acknowledged culprits in the dreaded diseases associated with aging. Bowden’s basic answer is to minimize intake of sugar and simple carbs; anything made with white flour or white rice. Also avoid fried dishes and any foods cooked at high temperatures that actually skip the glycation production in the body and deliver harmful AGEs directly from the food. He advises taking 1,000 mg of carnosine (available in health food stores) daily to prevent glycation.
Stress
The long-term effects of physical, mental or emotional stress are tremendously damaging to the human physiology. Sustained exposure to the stress hormone cortisol can shrink parts of the brain, damage blood vessels, increase blood sugar levels, heart rate and blood pressure and contribute to chronic inflammation, according to wellestablished science recorded in the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Bowden warns, “Stress management is not a luxury.” In its many forms, including prayer, meditation and breathing exercises, it should be part of any agelessness program. Deep, restful sleep is as vital a component as ending toxic relationships, having a nurturing circle of friends and doing familiar, gentle exercise such as yoga or tai chi. Overall, Bowden adds, “Rather than thinking of such endeavors as antiaging, I strive to embody the concept of age independence. I admire former Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, who resigned from the court when he reached age 90 because he wanted to play more tennis.” Bowden recommends embracing the concept of “squaring the curve”, meaning that instead of anticipating and experiencing a long downhill slope of poor health leading to death, “I look at a long plateau of health, with a steep drop-off at the end.” Wellness guru Dr. Michael Roizen, chair of the Cleveland Clinic’s Wellness Institute, contends that although our chronological age can’t be changed, “Your ‘real age’ [calculated from data he collected from 60 million people] is the result of a wide variety of factors that are within your control.
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Dietary choices alone can make you 13 years younger or older than your actual age.” Roizen adds uncontrolled portion sizes, tobacco use and physical inactivity to the list of lifeshortening lifestyle options.
Align with Spirit
“If you don’t have some kind of spiritual foundation, literally, God help you,” says Northrup. “God isn’t confined to a book or a church, mosque or synagogue. Divinity is the creative loving, vital flow of life force that we’re all part of and connected to. Our bodies are exquisite expressions meant to embody, not deny our spirits.” Touch, pleasure and sex can be part of it, too. Individuals that have the most fulfilling sex lives live the longest, according to researchers conducting the University of California, Riverside’s Longevity Project. “Pleasure comes in infinite forms,” says Northrup. “It can mean the exquisite taste of a pear or the sound of an angelic symphony, the kiss of sun on skin, the laughter of a child, spending time with friends or creating a pastel landscape. When you experience pleasure, God comes through and
you become aware of your divine nature. You’ll find that joy comes in ways that are unique to you.” Connection with the natural world is an essential element of agelessness, says Northrup. “The human body evolved to walk on the Earth, drinking its water, breathing its air and basking in its sunlight.” The bottom line is, “Agelessness is all about vitality. Taking all the right supplements and pills, or getting the right procedure isn’t the prescription for anti-aging,” says this renowned physician. “It’s ageless living that brings back a sense of vibrancy and youthfulness.” We could live to be well over 100 years old and, as Northrup likes to paraphrase Abraham Hicks, of The Law of Attraction fame, “Wouldn’t you rather have your life end something like this: ‘Happy-healthy, happy-healthy, happy-healthy, dead.’ Isn’t that a lot better than suffering sickness, decrepitude and frailty for years?” Kathleen Barnes is the author of numerous books on natural health, her latest being Food Is Medicine: 101 Prescriptions from the Garden. Connect at KathleenBarnes.com.
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pecially designed movements performed to music can dramatically improve memory, as well as slow the process of physical aging, according to Denise Medved, of Hendersonville, North Carolina, the founder of Ageless Grace. Medved’s foundational physical and mental exercise classes involve 21 exercises that promote brain plasticity by activating all five functions of the brain: analytic, strategic, kinesthetic learning, memory/recall and creativity and imagination. Find videos of Ageless Grace exercises by searching YouTube, including this one: n While sitting in a chair (all exercises are taught in this position to develop core strength), make a circle with the right lower arm. n Add a triangular motion with the left foot. n Next, add a horizontal movement with the left hand. n Finally, do the entire series in reverse. Classes are available in all 50 states and in 12 countries. To find a teacher nearby, visit AgelessGrace.com.
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Choose Happiness Four Tips to Flip the Joy Switch by Linda Joy
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Let Go of ‘Supposed To’
Family, friends and society exert pressure on us to achieve certain goals or impose their definition of success. When our soul doesn’t fit the mold, exciting things can happen. Happiness strategist Kristi Ling seemed to have it all: a high-powered job in Hollywood, significant income and the envy of all her friends—but her
success felt empty. She writes from her home in Los Angeles, “Each morning I’d get up thinking about who I needed to please, and then prepare myself to exist for another day. I looked and felt exhausted just about all the time. The worst part was that I thought I was doing everything right!” After a middle-of-the-night epiphany, Ling left her job and set out to discover what her heart wanted. She began following a completely different life path as a coach and healer, in which success means manifesting joy.
Be Grateful Now
While we’re striving to change our life or wishing things could have been different, we often forget to pay attention to what we have right now. Boni Lonnsburry, a conscious creation expert and founder/CEO of Inner Art, Inc., in Boulder, Colorado, writes about the morning she decided to choose happiness, despite the enormous challenges she was facing, including divorce, foreclosure, bankruptcy and possible homelessness. “I thought to myself, ‘Yes, my life could be better, but it also could be a hell of a lot worse. I’m healthy and smart—why, I even have some wisdom. Why am I focusing on how terrible everything is?’” Using the power of her choice to be happy right now, Lonnsburry not only found joy amidst the adversity, but created love and success beyond her wildest dreams.
Let Love In
We all want to feel loved, but when we’re afraid of getting hurt, we put up barriers to
protect ourselves, even against the love we want. Certified Relationship Coach Stacey Martino, of Yardley, Pennsylvania, writes, “From the first day we met, I’d been waiting for [my boyfriend] Paul to end our relationship. I begged him for another chance—not for our relationship, but to be my authentic self—to figure out who I am and show up in our relationship as the real me.” Fourteen years later, Martino and her boyfriend, now husband, are still exploring the depths of their love for one another. For them, the choice to be vulnerable was the gateway to happiness.
Look Inward Instead of to Others
If we can’t own our pain, how can we create our joy? Choosing happiness means taking full responsibility for our state of mind, with no excuses. Lisa Marie Rosati, of Kings Park, New York, who today helps other women catalyze their own transformation, writes: “I didn’t want to accept what was going on inside [me], so I looked outside for a way to make things better. I depended on intimate relationships to complete me, and on friends and acquaintances for entertainment. My self-esteem floated on incoming compliments and I absolutely never wanted to spend a minute alone with my own thoughts, lest they erode whatever happiness I possessed at the moment. I was exhausted, frustrated and quite frankly, pissed off.” It took a flash of insight to set Rosati free of her patterns of blame—and then realizing she could create her own fulfillment was all it took to catapult her into a place of empowerment. Look out, world! As Los Angeles happiness expert and Positive Psychology Coach Lisa Cypers Kamen says, “Happiness is an inside job.” Joy, love and inspired living are ours for the taking—all we must do is choose. Linda Joy is the heart of Inspired Living Publishing and Aspire magazine. Inspiration for a Woman’s Soul: Choosing Happiness is her third in a series of bestselling anthologies. Next up is Inspiration for a Woman’s Soul: Cultivating Joy. Learn more at InspiredLivingPublishing.com.
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EYE HEALTH FOR DOGS 10 Foods to Keep Canine Vision Sharp by Audi Donamor
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ey colorful foods, packed with nutrients, protect against eye problems ranging from progressive retinal atrophy and uveitis to cataracts and glaucoma. Here are 10 foods that are highly regarded in helping prevent and defend against vision problems. Their eye-worthy nutrients include anthocyanins, beta-carotene, carotenoids, glutathione, lycopene, omega-3 essential fatty acids, phytonutrients—and the special partnership of lutein and zeaxanthin, sometimes referred to as “sunscreen for the eyes”. An easy way to serve these power-packed foods is as a mash. Simply combine a few cups of fruits and vegetables in a food processor with a half-cup of filtered water and blend as a raw pet meal topper. For a cooked topper, chop the fruits and vegetables and place in a medium sized sauce pan with the filtered water and a couple tablespoons of first-pressed olive oil. Simmer gently, cool and serve. Maybe top it all off with a fish or egg. Blueberries contain two eye-healthy carotenoids: lutein and zeaxanthin. They also deliver anthocyanins, eye-nourishing phytonutrients known to support night vision, according to a study published in the Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology. University of Oklahoma research suggests that flavonoids like the rutin, resveratrol and quercetin in blueberries may help prevent retinal atrophy. Their selenium and zinc components also support vision, according to a study from the National Eye Institute. Eating blueberries has even been associated with the reduction of eye fatigue, according to The Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry. Broccoli’s anti-cancer benefits are well known, but it’s also recognized as one of the best vegetables for eye health. A good source of lutein and zeaxanthin, it’s also packed with beta-carotene. Don’t leave the leaves behind, because they contain even more beta-carotene than the stems and florets. Researchers at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have found that broccoli and broccoli sprouts protect the retina from free radical damage, which may be due to a compound called sulphoraphane that boosts the body’s defense against free radicals.
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Carrots come in 100 varieties, from deep purple and white to brilliant orange. Each is a storehouse of nutrient power, providing vitamin A, beta-carotene, vitamins C, D, E and K, and riboflavin, niacin, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, sodium, iron, magnesium, manganese, sulphur, copper and iodine. The adage that carrots are good for the eyes is true. They even contain lycopene and lutein, phytonutrients that protect from UVB radiation and free radical damage. Cold-water fish such as salmon, tuna, cod, haddock and sardines are rich in omega-3s, especially EPA and DHA, which are widely known to be important to cellular health. DHA makes up 30 percent of the fatty acids that comprise the retina. The particularly high levels of omega-3s in sardines add further protection to retinal health, according to researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Eggs are rich in cysteine and sulphur, two components of glutathione. Cataract Health News reports that sulphurcontaining compounds have been found to protect eyes from cataract formation. Egg yolks contain lutein, and a University of Massachusetts study has found that eating an egg a day raised levels of lutein and zeaxanthin in the blood; at the same time, blood serum lipids and lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations remained stable. Garlic. Researchers at the University of Oregon suggest that sulphur-rich garlic is important for the production of glutathione, a protein that acts as an antioxidant for the eye’s lens, and can be instrumental in the prevention of some visual problems. Kale is an excellent source of lutein and zeaxanthin. The American Optometric Association says these special antioxidants act like “internal sunglasses.” Add betacarotene to the mix and kale serves as a preferred foil to oxidative stress. Pumpkin’s orange color is a sure sign that it’s packed with carotenoids like beta-carotene, which help neutralize free radicals. Its lutein and zeaxanthin generally promote eye health and further protect against retinal degeneration. Even pumpkin seeds carry several benefits, including omega-3s, zinc and phytosterols to enhance a dog’s immune response. Sweet potatoes are loaded with both beta-carotene and anthocyanins, the latter high in antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Tomatoes are famous for their lycopene, a carotenoid and phytonutrient found in red produce. This powerful antioxidant helps protect against sun damage and retinal degeneration and has been well documented as effective in cancer prevention. Processed tomato products contain higher levels of lycopene than the raw fruit. Audi Donamor regularly contributes to Animal Wellness Magazine (Animal WellnessMagazine.com), from which this was adapted and used with permission.
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Pet Adoption Event – 11am-3pm. Meet some Michigan Humane Society dogs and cats of all ages who are waiting for adoption. Pet Smart, 5650 Mercury Dr, Dearborn. 866-648-6263.
Adoption Event -12-3pm. Wag Animal Rescue, Pet Supplies Plus, 19295 West Rd, Woodhaven. WagAnimalRescue.com.
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Adoption & Fido Bakery – 9am-2pm. At Dearborn Farmer’s & Artisan Market. Parking lot north of Michigan Ave., between Howard and Mason, 22100 Michigan Ave, Dearborn. DearbornAnimals.org. 313-943-2697.
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Adoption Event – 12-3pm. Wag Animal Rescue, Pet Supplies Plus, 22124 Ecorse Rd, Taylor. WagAnimalRescue.com.
“Ice Cream Social” –7-9pm. Bring your dog in for a Yoghund Frozen Yogurt treat. Socialize and play! $2 & human treat is free. Bow Wow Baktique, 21035 Mack, Grosse Pointe Woods. 313-469-7204.
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Play Date- 6-7pm. One hour off-leash romp for small breed dogs, under 11 lbs. to interact and play. Hosted by Friends for the Dearborn Animal Shelter. Proof of vaccinations required including distemper, bordetella and current fecal exam. $10. Friends Training Center, 2621 S. Telegraph, Dearborn. 313-943-2697.
FRI, 11 SEPT, 2015 Adoption & Fido Bakery – 9am-2pm. At Dearborn Farmer’s & Artisan Market. Parking lot north of Michigan Ave., between Howard and Mason, 22100 Michigan Ave, Dearborn. DearbornAnimals.org. 313-943-2697
Adoption Event – 11am-3pm. Wag Animal Rescue, Pet Smart, 13150 Middlebelt Rd, Livonia. WagAnimalRescue.com.
DAILY Dog Park –7am-10pm. Visit Detroit’s first official unleashed Dog Park. PetSmart P.U. P.’s Detroit Dog Park. Off leash socialization fun for your dog. Free.17th Street and Rose Street, Detroit.
SUN, 13 SEPT, 2015 Wines with Canine –2pm. Camp Canine Downriver’s Wines for Canines Fundraiser after The dog Swim at the wave pool. Craft beer and wine tasting, food and more including food and doggie buffet. Bring the dogs. $25 per person, $45 per couple. Lake Erie Metro Park, 32481 W Jefferson, Brownstown. CampCanineDownriver.com. 734-283-0060.
THUR, 17 SEPT , 2015 Play Date- 6-7pm. One hour off-leash romp for large breed dogs, over 35 lbs. to interact and play. Hosted by Friends for the Dearborn Animal Shelter. Proof of vaccinations required including distemper, bordetella and current fecal exam. $10. Friends Training Center, 2621 S. Telegraph, Dearborn. 313-943-2697.
FRI, 18 SEPT, 2015 Meet Your Best Friend at the Zoo – 1-7pm. Hundreds of dogs, cats, puppies and kittens will be available for adoption from 40 animal welfare organizations, including MHS. No charge for admission or parking for event. (Reg. admission /parking free for visiting zoo.) For health & safety reasons, please leave current companion animals at home. Held under tents in front parking lot. 8450 W 10 Mile, Royal Oak.
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THUR, 24 SEPT, 2015 Play Date- 6-7pm. One hour off-leash romp for medium breed dogs, 11-35 lbs. to interact and play. Hosted by Friends for the Dearborn Animal Shelter. Proof of vaccinations required including distemper, bordetella and current fecal exam. $10. Friends Training Center, 2621 S. Telegraph, Dearborn. 313-943-2697.
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protein. Accordingly, “When it’s done right, aquaculture can be environmentally friendly and offer a crucial way to supplement wild-caught fish supplies. On the other hand, poor farming practices such as the overuse of chemicals and antibiotics and those that cause water pollution and other negative impacts on the environment are bad news.” A second solution is to consult with a trusted fishmonger that has high standards for flavor, health, safety, sustainability and environmental concerns.
The Green Fish Farmer
Chefs like Rick Moonen, who owns RM Seafood, in Las Vegas, are getting behind U.S. aquaculture farms that do it right, raising healthy, sustainable and delicious fish. Moonen recently became a brand ambassador for True North Salmon, a farm system that integrates the way nature keeps fish healthy and fresh. “They have a salmon farm near a mussel farm near a kelp farm, mimicking the way these three species interact in the wild,” says Moonen. The best seafood farms take what geography and climate offer—ocean by Judith Fertig inlets, a natural spring and a natural depression in the land or indoor controlled Wild-caught fish from pure waters is the gold standard of seafood, but freshwater tanks—and use clean feed. With no antibiotics, non-GMO food sustainable populations from healthy waters are shrinking. That’s one (free of genetic modification) in the right reason why fish farms are appearing in unusual places—barramundi ratio, good water quality and creative ways to use the effluent, they employ flourish on a Nebraska cattle ranch, shrimp in chilly Massachusetts and green farming practices to raise fish and shellfish that, in turn, are healthy to eat. inland tilapia in Southern California. The Atlantic coasts of Maine and Canada are where families have been making their living from the sea for cenith the demand for seafood turies, says Alan Craig, of Canada’s True outpacing what can safely Safe Seafood Solutions North Salmon Company. “The fish are be harvested in the wild, half If we want to eat safer, sustainable, fed pellets made from all-natural, nonthe seafood we eat comes from aquafarmed seafood, there are two soluGMO sources with no dyes, chemicals culture, says Kathryn Sullivan, Ph.D., tions. One is to purchase farmed fish or growth hormones added. Underwaadministrator for the National Oceraised in the U.S., says Sullivan. The ter cameras monitor the health of the anic and Atmospheric Administration agency’s FishWatch consumer informafish to prevent overfeeding.” (NOAA). tion service assures: “If it’s harvested True North Salmon follows a three Yet, farmed seafood has a reputain the United States, it’s inherently bay system, similar to crop rotation tion for uneven quality and questionsustainable as a result of the rigorous on land. Each bay is designated for a able farming practices. A primary U.S. management process that ensures particular age of fish: young salmon, reason is that much of what Americans fisheries are continuously monitored, market-ready fish and a fallow, or empty, buy comes from Asia, where aquaculimproved and sustainable.” bay, breaking the cycle of any naturally ture is less stringently managed. Mean Whole Foods Markets have found occurring diseases and parasites. while, domestic aquaculture provides that farming seafood (aquaculture) can Robin Hills Farm, near Ann Arbor, only about 5 percent of the seafood provide a consistent, high-quality, yearMichigan, offers vegetable, meat, egg consumed here, according to NOAA. round supply of healthy and delicious
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and fruit community supported agriculture, U-pick fruit and a pair of stocked farm ponds. Farm Manager Mitzi Koors explains that the ponds are a way to leverage natural resources, add another income stream and attract visitors. “We first discovered a low-lying area that would become a beautiful pond with a little work,” Koors relates. “We then expanded to two close ponds that don’t connect, to keep the older fish raised on at least six months of nonGMO organic feed separate from the newer fish. The ponds are spring fed, providing a great environment for trout.” In northeastern Nebraska, five generations of the Garwood family have traditionally raised cattle and produced corn and tomatoes. To keep the farm thriving and sustainable, they have had to think outside the row crop. Today, they’re growing something new—barramundi, or Australian yellow perch. They built a warehouse that now holds 18, 10,000-gallon fish tanks full of growing fish. A Maryland company provides old-fashioned cow manure and leftover grain sorghum from area ethanol plants to create algae, naturally non-GMO, to use as biofuel and fish food. “People prefer to eat locally raised food, even if it’s fish in Nebraska,” says Scott Garwood. The sophistication of closed containment systems like the Garwoods use means that chefs, too, can raise their own fish, besides growing their own herbs and vegetables. California Chef Adam Navidi, owner of the Oceans & Earth restaurant, in Yorba Linda, also runs nearby Future Foods Farms, encompassing 25 acres of herbs, lettuces, assorted vegetables and tank-raised tilapia. Baby greens, not GMO products, help feed the fish, while nitrates from the ammonia-rich fish waste fertilize the crops. The fish wastewater filters through the crops and returns to the fish tanks in an efficient, conservationdriven system that produces healthy, organic food. “Someday, chefs will be known both by their recipes and the methods used to produce their food,” Navidi predicts. Judith Fertig blogs at AlfrescoFoodAnd Lifestyle.blogspot.com from Overland Park, KS.
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ccording to the nationally recognized Monterey Bay Aquarium’s SeafoodWatch.org, these farmed fish and shellfish are current Best Choices. Under each fish or shellfish variety, check the Seafood Recommendations list for specific geographic areas, certified organic options, non-GMO feed, or other designations. Arctic Char: The farmed variety, raised in closed-tank systems, produce little impact on local habitats in the Pacific Northwest. Barramundi (Australian yellow perch): Look for it sourced from recirculating aquaculture systems in farms throughout the U.S. Catfish: Pond-farmed American catfish, found mainly near the Mississippi River, are some of the most sustainable fish available. Crawfish: Domestic production centers mainly in Louisiana, grown in ponds on existing agricultural lands. No feeds are added, but minimal fertilizer is used to support an aquatic food web that crawfish thrive on. As a native species, the potential impacts of escape are minimal. Mussels: Most farmed mussels for sale in the U.S. hail from New England and the Pacific Northwest, or are imported from nations with stringent environmental regulations. The nonprofit Marine Stewardship Council independently certifies some of these mussel fisheries as sustainable.
Oysters: Nearly 95 percent of the oysters Americans eat are farmed in New England, the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Northwest. Oyster farms in the U.S. and throughout the world are well managed and produce a sustainable product. Salmon: Before ordering, Seafood Watch recommends finding out where salmon originated by asking the local grocer or restaurant manager if it’s wild caught or farmed and its source. Shrimp: Most caught or farmed in U.S. and Canada also qualify as a Seafood Watch Good Alternative. However, avoid shrimp caught in Louisiana with otter trawls and in the Gulf of Mexico (except Florida) with skimmer trawls. All shrimp from recirculating aquaculture systems constitute a Best Choice. Tilapia: Tank-farmed tilapia in the U.S. and Canada has become a popular standard. Trout: Farmed rainbow trout from the U.S. gets a nod because it’s raised in environmentally friendly ways in spring-fed ponds.
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Whole Child Sports any parents concerned that their children are getting engulfed by social media often turn to sports to spark physical activity. They scramble to sign their toddlers up for swimming and tennis lessons, T-ball and soccer practice, hoping these activities will teach their kids about motivation and leadership, while getting them off the couch and out the door. They hope that sports will be a conduit for their kids to learn what it takes to strive, drive toward a goal and succeed in later life. As a result, more than 40 million kids across America are engaged in organized play. But youth sports are not a panacea; while parental intentions are good, they sometimes don’t realize the potential for negative consequences. Those that have studied the phenomenon believe that youth sports—which on the surface, appear to provide a perfect environment for children to learn life lessons and develop critical social
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and physical skills—might hamper our children’s healthy physical, social, psychic and creative development.
Too Much Too Soon
It seems that many young kids playing on teams today are over-coached by controlling, command-oriented adults. As Jenny Levy, head coach of the University of North Carolina’s 2013 NCAA champion women’s lacrosse team at Chapel Hill puts it, “Kids are kind of like overbred dogs, mimicking the drills we run in practice. They aren’t wired to think creatively. They do what they know. What’s safe.” This kind of behavior can start at an early age, when kids should be engaging in free play with minimal adult supervision in unstructured settings. Parenting expert Kim John Payne, author of Simplicity Parenting and The Soul of Discipline, says, “Parents are giving in to enormous societal pressure to push
Why are most American kids getting turned off by sports by the time they should be really leaping into it? ~Steve Biddulph, author, Raising Boys and Raising Girls kids into high-performance sports settings several times a week. It’s an ‘arms race’ of sorts, with the clear victims being the kids themselves that are robbed of their childhoods.” There’s a much more holistic way kids can experience play, including sports. An American Academy of Pediatrics study attests that free and unstructured play is healthy and essential for helping children reach important social, emotional and cognitive developmental milestones, plus managing stress and becoming resilient. Payne observes, “In free play, children have to actively problem solve and take one another’s feelings into account if the play is to be successful. In sports, the social problem solving is largely extrinsic, facilitated by coaches, referees or parents. During a child’s formative stages, between the ages of 5 and 12, having the freedom to develop, create and innovate is critical.” Creativity isn’t limited to only younger children. How sports are taught in this
country at all levels, right up through college, often inhibits athletic creativity and problem solving—as Levy has noticed year after year in the freshmen players she trains—rather than fostering these attributes.
A Better Alternative
It’s crucial to consider the whole child, not just the budding athlete. To revive a child’s imagination and create better conditions for developing creativity, resiliency and flexibility, contemplate the option of taking a child out of organized youth sports for a while to provide the time, space and opportunity to rediscover childhood play and games. Then support them in re-entering organized athletics when they’re a bit older and more physically and emotionally ready. Also, some kids that get heavily involved in highly structured youth sports too early may be prone to behavioral problems and serious physical injuries. The best thing a parent can do for a young
child that is active and interested in sports is roll up their sleeves and join in unscripted backyard or playground family play. Kids thrive in the attention offered from mom or dad, regardless of parental athletic skill levels. Also, organize play dates with other neighborhood kids of varying ages, because they love to learn from each other, including how to work out disagreements. Once kids are socially, emotionally and physically ready, organized sports can be an amazing platform for fun-filled learning. Having already experienced healthy free play, a child will be ready for and thrive in a more focused, competitive, organized and structured play environment. Fortified by a creative foundation in earlier years, a youngster is better able to identify and express their own mind, body and spirit. Luis Fernando Llosa is the co-author of Beyond Winning: Smart Parenting in a Toxic Sports Environment and co-founder of WholeChildSports.com. A writer, speaker and former Sports Illustrated reporter, he lives in New York City, where he coaches his five kids. For more information, visit LuisFernandoLlosa.com.
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licenses current by attending courses by Life in Yoga, the only yoga institution independently certified by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. Currently, even if physicians don’t practice yoga, it’s likely that many of their patients do. “You now see it everywhere from major medical centers to mainstream advertising,” says McCall, who notes an increase in doctors, nurses and therapists attending the Yoga as Medicine seminars he and his wife Eliana teach internationally and from their Simply Yoga Institute studio, in Summit, New Jersey.
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Yoga Enters the Medical Mainstream Research Proves its Health Benefits by Meredith Montgomery
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fter practicing internal medicine for 10 years in Boston, Dr. Timothy McCall became a full-time writer, exploring the health benefits of yoga. As the medical editor of Yoga Journal and the author of Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing, he says, “In the late 90s, the conveyor belt of patient care continued to speed up and I got frustrated. There was less time to form relationships with patients, which is essential to providing quality care without excessive tests and drugs.” Initially, McCall found that most of the documented research on yoga was from India, and notes it was low in quality from a Western perspective (though it is now excellent). In the West, the first notable scientific yoga article was published in 1973 in The
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Lancet on combining yoga and biofeedback to manage hypertension. According to the International Journal of Yoga, the surge in yoga’s popularity here finally gained academic interest in 2007, and there are now more than 2,000 yoga titles in the National Institutes of Health PubMed.gov database, with 200 added annually. Initially, yoga teacher and economist Rajan Narayanan, Ph.D., founded the nonprofit Life in Yoga Foundation and Institute to offer free teacher training. Within a couple of years, the foundation’s focus shifted to integrating yoga into the mainstream healthcare system. “We realized that to make a real difference, we needed to teach doctors about yoga and its scientifically proven effects,” he says. Medical providers can earn credits to keep their
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“Yoga may help prevent diseases across the board because the root cause of 70 to 90 percent of all disorders is stress,” says Narayanan. Yoga increases the body’s ability to successfully respond to stress by activating the parasympathetic nervous system, which slows the heart and lowers blood pressure. That in turn suppresses sympathetic activity, reducing the amount of stress hormones in the body. Studies collected on PubMed.gov demonstrate that yoga has been found to help manage hypertension, osteoporosis, body weight, physical fitness, anxiety, depression, diabetes, reproductive functions and pregnancy, among other issues. Studies at California’s Preventive Medicine Research Institute have tracked amelioration of heart disease. A growing body of research is validating yoga’s benefits for cancer patients, including at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. A small study at Norway’s University of Oslo suggests that yoga even alters gene expression, indicating it may induce health benefits on a molecular level.
Cultural Challenges
“For yoga to be effective, a regular practice must be implemented, which is challenging in a culture where people can’t sit for long without an electronic device. It’s more than just
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Any physical popping pills,” says the first professionalNarayanan. level, medical textexercise done McCall says, “Even book on yoga therapy. if people can commit “Yoga has with breath to just a few minutes been proven to treat of yoga practice a day, many conditions, yet awareness if they keep it up the yoga teachers don’t benefits can be enortreat conditions, we becomes yoga; mous.” treat individuals,” “There are no sales says McCall. “Yoga anything done reps telling doctors to therapy is not a oneuse yoga therapy like size-fits-all prescripwithout the there are for pharmation because different ceuticals,” remarks Nabodies and minds, breath is just a physical rayanan, and until yoga with different abiliis funded by health ties and weaknesses, practice. insurance, it will be require individualized challenging to gain full approaches.” ~Rajan Narayaran acceptance in main While medical stream medicine. research is working Another barrier is certification to grant yoga more legitimacy among standards. The International Associadoctors, policymakers and the public, tion of Yoga Therapists (iayt.org) and the McCall says, “I believe these studies Council for Yoga Accreditation Internaare systematically underestimating how tional (cyai.org) are both beginning to powerful yoga can be. Science may offer certifications for therapy training tell us that it decreases systolic blood programs and therapists. Naraypressure and cortisol secretion and anan is hopeful that certification increases lung capacity and serocould lead to yoga being covered tonin levels, but that doesn’t begin by insurance. to capture the totality of what yoga Medical school curricula have is.” started shifting to embrace Meredith Montgomery, a complementary approaches registered yoga teacher, to wellness, with many publishes Natural Awakentextbooks now including ings of information on mind/body Mobile/Baldwin, AL therapies. The Principles (Healthy and Practices of Yoga in LivingHealthy Healthcare, co-edited Planet.com). by Sat Bir Khalsa, Lorenzo Cohen, McCall and Shirley Telles and due out in 2016, is
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GREENING AMERCA’S GAMES Major Leagues Sport More Sustainable Stadiums by Avery Mack
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raditional sports stadiums and arenas generate a huge carbon footprint. Multiple sources concur that during a single football game, a 78,000seat stadium can consume 65,000 kilowatt hours of electricity, and discarded cardboard, plastic and paper; in-stadium food and beverage containers; and tailgating debris that includes cans and bottles leave behind a mountain of waste. A dozen years ago, the pioneering Philadelphia Eagles enlisted the help of the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to begin a persistent push to their goal of going green. Today, the NRDC publishes the Greening Advisor guidebooks on green operating practices for
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all professional teams in Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League and Major League Soccer, plus the U.S. Tennis Association, and has expanded to include college sports.
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Stadium food has always been part of the fan experience, but it’s possible to eat sensibly and well with options like the roasted turkey sandwich at AT&T Park, in San Francisco, where concessionaires source locally and compost leftovers. Veggie burgers, vegan cheesesteaks and sushi have also found their way onto game-day
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menus to add a change of pace for fans, says Julianne Soviero, author of Unleash Your True Athletic Potential. The growing interest shown by the sports industry in composting offers enormous potential benefits, and not a moment too soon, says Allen Hershkowitz, Ph.D., co-founder of the Green Sports Alliance and director of the NRDC Sports Project. Using recyclable containers counts—New York City’s venerable Yankee Stadium reduced its trash load by 40 percent by switching to biodegradable cups and service ware. PepsiCo supported the upgrade by exchanging its conventional plastic bottle for a bio-based version made from agricultural waste.
Lights
At New York’s Oncenter War Memorial Arena, the American Hockey League’s Syracuse Crunch pro team skates under LED lights. “They make the arena brighter. It’s easier to see the puck,” says defenseman Joey Mormina. “The fun light show that follows goals adds energy for the crowd and players.” LED lighting provides improved clarity in TV transmissions and sports action photos and doesn’t create soft spots on the ice, like traditional lights. “Utica and Binghamton teams switched to LED after playing in our arena,” comments Jim Sarosy, chief operating officer for the Crunch.
Water
“The Crunch is the first pro hockey team to skate on recycled rainwater,” Sarosy adds. “It’s collected from the roof, stored in three central reservoirs in the basement and pumped into the Zamboni machine for resurfacing the ice.” The practice also diverts rainwater from overworked sewer systems. The first pro football stadium to earn a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification, the San Francisco 49ers Levi’s Stadium features a 27,000-square-foot rooftop garden to help control water runoff. Home to the Los Angeles Lakers, Clippers and Kings, the Staples Center has swapped out 178 flush urinals for waterless models, reducing annual water usage by 7 million gallons. Like the Eagles, the Florida Marlins pro baseball team, in Miami, now uses 50 percent less water via low-flow plumbing fixtures. Also, the stadium’s upgraded landscape design lessens outdoor irrigation needs by 60 percent. The University of Georgia likes keeping its grass green, but hates wasteful water dispensers. Its football field is now watered via an underground irrigation system that saves a million gallons a year. Soil moisture sensors indicate when watering is needed.
More Creative Practices
Lincoln Financial Field, home to the Philadelphia Eagles, now boasts more than 11,000 solar panels and 14 wind turbines that combined, generate more than four times the energy used for all home games in a season. The staff uses green cleaning products and has increased recycling more than 200 percent since 2010. Most creatively, the carbon costs of team travel are offset via mitigation by financing tree plantings in their home state and purchasing seedlings for a wildlife refuge in Louisiana. The Seattle Mariners Safeco Field’s new scoreboard uses 90 percent less power than its predecessor and the Arizona Cardinals pro football team provides bags for tailgating fans to use for recycling. Five NBA arenas have achieved LEED certification—Phillips Arena (Atlanta Hawks), Toyota Center (Houston Rockets), American Airlines Arena (Miami Heat), Amway Center (Orlando Magic) and Rose Garden (Portland Trail Blazers). The goal of a cleaner, healthier planet is achievable with systemic shifts like these as more pro and collegiate sports teams score green points. Connect with our freelance writer via AveryMack@mindspring.com.
Healing Body and Spirit Holistic Expo 2015 Ford Community and Performing Arts Center 15801 Michigan Avenue Dearborn, MI 48126
Saturday, Nov. 14th • 10am - 8pm Sunday Nov. 15th • 10am - 5pm
Daily passes $10.00 Children 12 and under FREE Experienced mediums, tarot, astrology, aura photos, pet communicator, light workers, reiki healers, palmistry, spirit artist, stones, jewelry, crystals, numerology, angel readings, aromatherapy, essential oils, clothing, stone healers, and more!!!
Free Seminars and Lectures Daily Keynote Speakers:
- Rev. Cindy L. Spencer Camp Chesterfield Certified
"Messages From Your Loved Ones in Heaven" An incredible clairvoyant who channels loved ones in spirit and leaves many people amazed!
Tom Benedict - Tomstones
An inspiring spriritual healer will be discussing healing properties of stones and their messages to you. He has been a guest on Coast to Coast & Beyond Belief television with George Noory.
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Ms. Margo 248-935-8441 Beverly & John Stephan 269-329-7476 We are raising money for
"No More Silence against Domestic Violence"
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Alexandra Paul on Vegan Activism Her Kind Lifestyle Honors All Living Things
10am-5pm
Saturday • October 3rd
by Gerry Strauss
New Grace Apostolic Temple Juried indoor show featuring: • 50+ Artists and Crafters • Complimentary Kids Kraft Korner and Face-Painting • Concessions • Baked Goods • Door Prizes & More! $2 Admission (12+)
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You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old. ~George Burns
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t may seem odd that one of the most intensely dedicated public activists is also known for starring in one of TV’s most superficial shows of the 1990s, but Alexandra Paul overturns stereotypes. Behind that signature Baywatch onepiece that kept David Hasselhoff on his toes beats the heart of a true soldier for animal rights and population stabilization. At 52 years young, she is extremely fit and knowledgeable about the vegan lifestyle that got her there.
What is your philosophy of life? Be kind. Being kind is different from being nice. I spent my teens and 20s anxious to be nice, and all it gave me was a boatload of acquaintances and an inauthentic self. Nice aims to be popular. Kindness is about doing the right thing: justice, fairness, patience, respect. Kindness is at the heart of why I’m a vegan, and why I’ve been arrested 16 times for civil disobedience supporting peace, equal rights and the environment. Being kind to myself inspires me to exercise and live healthfully.
How has activism forged your identity and inspired others?
I’ve been an activist since I was 7, when I wrote to President Nixon asking him to stop pollution. As a dedicated citizen, my mom boycotted companies that acted against her ethics. Growing up with such a role model, trying to make
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2898 Packard Rd. • Ann Arbor (bet. Platt & Stone School).
the world better came naturally. Walking my talk is a challenge I face daily as I choose what to buy, what to eat and how to be, and I also think it is the most effective way to encourage change in others.
What drives your commitment to a vegan diet?
I became a vegetarian when I was 14, after reading Frances Moore Lappé’s Diet for a Small Planet, which taught me how eating meat was destructive to the planet. A couple of years later, I did a book report on Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation and learned the ethical reasons against eating animals. I stopped using cosmetics tested on animals when I was a teen and stopped wearing leather, wool and silk in my 20s. I finally gave up eating dairy in my late 40s, and I wish I’d done it earlier. Although I did it to benefit animals, being vegan has enriched my life and changed the way I look at the world. The only way there will be enough food and water for Earth’s expected 10 billion people in 35 years is if humankind stops raising animals for food, so my veganism is helping the planet, as well as my own health.
Which other aspects of your diet and lifestyle do you credit for looking and feeling vital? My husband Ian and I go to bed early and generally get up with the sun.
I’ve never consumed coffee, soda or alcohol, only water and protein shakes. I believe being a vegetarian, and now a vegan, has given me tons of energy. I also prioritize making time for my workout routine, and that helps me feel
Why do you enjoy working out?
good every day. I didn’t always have this serenity with my lifestyle and health. For a dozen years, until my late 20s, I struggled with bulimia. Becoming vegan improved my relationship with food, aligning my diet with my values, and I have never been more at peace with myself.
while stretching. Six days a week, I do an hour of cardio; either swimming or the stationary bike. Every other day I practice yoga for at least 45 minutes to ensure that my back stays pain-free. Once a week, I go hiking for two hours with friends, chatting the whole time, which all makes it worth getting up at 4:30 a.m. I walk
For me, being active is fun—not only because I feel good moving my body, but because I am also outside with friends, reading on a stationary bike or listening to favorite podcasts
whenever I’m on a conference call, either outside or at my tread desk, a simple treadmill under a standing desk; I’m walking on it when I’m reading or answering emails, too. It’s the best present I ever gave myself.
Like everyone, sometimes I don’t particularly feel like working out, but all these factors make it easier to start, and once I start, I’m always glad to be exercising. Gerry Strauss is a freelance writer in Hamilton, NJ. Connect at GerryStrauss@aol.com.
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The Adventure of Couchsurfing
Stay with Locals and Make New Friends by Lisa Rosinky
The global community of couchsurfers, now 10 million strong, considers strangers “friends you haven’t met yet.” They currently are hosting and organizing more than half-a-million events in more than 200,000 cities worldwide this year. The aim is to make travel easier and more affordable, build people’s faith and trust in one another and create meaningful connections across cultures. It’s easy to become a member by creating a profile as a host and/or a traveler, which includes verified identification. Guests don’t need to reciprocate by
As a traveler, offer an ethnic meal, good story or how to say
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aniel Sperry, a “couchsurfer” in his late 50s, decided a few years ago to quit his day job and make a living by performing cello music and reciting poetry in living rooms across the country. “I didn’t know it would become a catalyst for bringing communities of local people together,” he says, but his first gig, a “little shotgun shack” in Elko, Nevada, became more than a once in a lifetime experience. Years later, his Elko host remains a close friend and hosts a regular (and lucrative) stop on his cross-country tours.
Not only does creating connections with strangers make us happier—as University of Chicago social scientists have proven—it leads to fun travel stories. If we choose to see the world via the decade-old organization at Couchsurfing.com, we might find ourselves sleeping on a sailboat in the Irish Sea; meeting backpackers by solarpowered light in a cave in Petra, Jordan; sharing a room with a pet bird that falls asleep listening to sappy love songs on the radio; or jamming to old-time banjo and fiddle tunes in a North Carolina kitchen.
hello in a different language. As a host, be open to what guests can teach. Keep a travel log and guestbook to record memories. hosting or leaving gifts, although lasting friendships are a common result. Hosts and guests are encouraged to leave honest reviews for each other, which helps ensure ongoing safety and good behavior all around. Meanwhile, non-members also are welcome to explore couchsurfing events in their city. Fun opportunities to make new connections include weekly language exchanges, skill swaps, outdoor activities and potlucks. “For me, it’s undeniably about the community, the kind of person it tends to attract,” says Joseph Abrahamson, a couchsurfer in his mid-20s. “A room full of couchsurfers is full of stories and listening and sharing and trust. It changes a person in a positive way… people that travel like this for long enough can no longer survive with closed minds.” Lisa Rosinky is a freelance writer in Boston.
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Canton Farmers Market 500 N Ridge Rd 734-394-5375 9am-1pm
Island view Farmers Market 7200 Mack Ave 313-571-0937 Opens July 8th 4-7pm
Grosse Pointe Woods Farmers Market 20025 Mack Plaza Dr City Hall front lawn 313-343-2445 Opens July 14 10am-2pm
Melvindale DDA Farmers Market 18650 Allen Rd Public Library 313-820-2717 July 2-7pm
Lincoln Park Farmers Market Painters Supply, Fort St & Southfield Rd 313-427-0443 11am-4pm Redford Township Market at the Marquee 15145 Beech Daly Rd 313-387-2504 July 10am-3pm
Brownstown Farmers Market 21313 Telegraph 734-675-5911 Opens July 3 12-6pm Eastern Market 2934 Russell St 313-833-9300 9am-3pm Sowing Seeds Growing Futures Farmers Market 18900 Joy Rd 313-583-7773 x 108 Opens July 2 3-7pm
Wayne Farmers Market 3355 S Wayne Rd 734-786-8401 3-7pm Wayne State University Farmers Market 5401 Cass Ave 313-577-2398 Opens July 3 11am-4pm
Corktown Farmers Market 1236 Michigan Ave; Corner of Lodge Service Dr 313-444-9342 4-7pm Downtown Farmers Market at Lafayette Gardens 132 W Lafayette Blvd 11am-4pm Northville Farmers Market 195 S Main St 248-349-7640 8am-3pm Northwest Detroit Farmers Market 18445 Scarsdale St 313-387-4732 x 103 Opens July 4th 4-8pm Westland Farmers Market 36601 Ford Rd 3-7pm
Wyandotte Farmers Market Elm Street & First Street 734-720-1447 Opens July 11th 12-6:30pm
Dearborn Farmers & Artisans Market 22100 Michigan Ave 313-584-6100 9am-2pm Downtown Allen Park Farmers Market Park Ave and Harrison Ave 313-928-0940 1-6pm Taylor Farmers Market Inside the Sheridan Center Open Air Pavilion (Heritage Park) 734-374-1450 Opens July 5th 11am-6pm
East Warren Farmers Market Corner of East Warren and Bishop St 313-571-2800 x 1131 10am-3pm
Oakland Ave Farmers Market 9354 Oakland Ave 313-649-7756 Opens July 7th 11am-3pm Plymouth Farmers Market 850 W Ann Arbor Trail 734-453-1540 7:30am-12:30pm Romulus Farmers Market 11147 Hunt St 734-942-7545 Opens July 1st 9am-2pm Shelby Farmers Market 49965 Van Dyke Ave 586-943-5785 9am-2pm West Park Farmers Market Kercheval, Grosse Pte Park 313-822-2812 ex 202 9am-1pm Windmill Farmers Market Livernois between Lodge Freeway 313-861-9626 9am-3pm
Eastern Market 2934 Russell St 313-833-9300 all year 6am-4pm Hamtramack Farmers Market 2860 Yemans St 248-303-4899 Opens July 7th 2-6pm Livonia Farmers Market at The Wilson Barn 29350 West Chicago 734-261-3602 8am-2pm
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FRI, SEPT 11, 2015
A Holistic Approach to Allergies - 7:158:30pm. Join Dr. Gregory in this workshop to learn a drug free approach to manage one of the most common health problems in this country. Find out what might be causing your allergies and how to relieve them naturally. Free, RSVP. Canton Ctr Chiropractic Clinic, 6231 N Canton Ctr Rd, Ste 109, Canton. 734-455-6767.
SAT, SEPT 05, 2015 Rapid Weight Loss Cooking Class – 11am12pm. Learn the cause of your belly fat and what foods target specific fat areas. Get rid of stubborn resistant body fat. Prepare healthy rapid weight loss foods from Dr. Linda Solomon’s weight loss book. Take home weight loss recipes. Free. RSVP. TLC Holistic Wellness, 31580 Schoolcraft, Livonia. 734-664-0339.
SUN, SEPT 06, 2015 Temple Community Gathering – 5-7pm. Connect and discuss openly, sexuality, co nsciousn e ss, sp i r i t u a lity, ta n tra an d m o r e . E m a i l t o p r e - r e g i s t e r. D a k i n i @ M y s t e r y S c h o o l o f t h e Te m p l e A r t s . c o m . MysterySchoolOfTheTempleArts.com.
WED, SEPT 09, 2015 Yoga Foundation – Workshop for beginners who are interested in starting yoga but are afraid they are not flexible or over weight or just can’t do yoga. All the basics will be addressed including postures, breathing, meditation and relaxation. Tips on how to incorporate yoga into everyday life. 8 weeks. Donation by sliding scale; suggested between $96 and $120. Pre-register. Yoga 4 Peace, 13550 Dix Toledo Rd, Southgate. Carriehura.abmp.com. 313-617-9535.
save the date Tai Chi Easy – 11am. This six wk Tai Chi Easy class presents powerful health enhancement practices from Chinese medicine plus five movements from Yang style Tai Chi, in a simple and easy way to learn and allows participants to gain health benefits of Tai Chi quickly. Special Pricing. Woodhaven Community Center, Woodhaven. Facebook.com/Ease.Chi. 734-675-3000.
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save the date Tai Chi Easy – 11am. This six wk Tai Chi Easy class presents powerful health enhancement practices from Chinese medicine plus five movements from Yang style Tai Chi, in a simple and easy way to learn and allows participants to gain health benefits of Tai Chi quickly. $48. Harper Woods High School, Harper Woods. Facebook.com/Ease.Chi. 313343-2560.
HomeGrown Festival – 6-10pm. The festival is a grassroots community event showcasing the best of our region’s locally grown food and drink. Music and fun. Free admission. Kerrytown, Ann Arbor
Essential Exercise- 8-9pm.Learn essential exercises to help you improve strength, balance and overall energy. Free. Karl Wellness Center & Chiropractic Clinic, 30935 Ann Arbor Trail, Westland. 734-435-8220.
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save the date Tai Chi Easy – 10am. This eight week Tai Chi Easy class presents powerful health enhancement practices from Chinese medicine plus five movements from Yang style Tai Chi, in a simple and easy way to learn and allows participants to gain health benefits of Tai Chi quickly. $48. Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 1570 Mason Dearborn. Facebook.com/Ease.Chi. 313-429-3214.
SAT, SEPT 19, 2015 Natural Snacks that Blow Brain Fog and Fatigue – 11am-12pm. Feeling especially tired at 10, 2 and 5? Learn what foods will give you energy for the day and stamina in the evening. Find a solution to tiredness by knowing the why of energy depletion. Recipes prepared from Dr. Linda Solomon’s book. Take home recipes available. Free. RSVP. TLC Holistic Wellness, 31580 Schoolcraft, Livonia. 734-664-0339. Angelic Reiki Level 1&2 – 9am-6pm. (thru 9/20)9am to 6pm. Angelic Reiki utilizes one of the ancient Atlantean healing systems. Bring with you a Master Crystal that will be attuned and programmed during class. Investment for the weekend includes all materials: $444 (Early Bird Spec $333 if paid in full by 9/12) Register Now to become an Empowered Healer! Call Kimberley 512-596-6712, TheClearingPlace.com.
SUN, SEPT 20 , 2015 Composting – 1-3pm. Workshop hosted by Detroit Farm and Garden. Free. 1759 21st Street, Detroit. 313-655-2344.
MON, SEPT 21, 2015
THUR, SEPT 10, 2015 Pressure Point Therapy/Stress Reduction– 7-8pm. Hands-on workshop to reduce muscle aches//knots from stress. Free. Karl Wellness Center & Chiropractic Clinic, 30935 Ann Arbor Trail, Westland. 734-435-8220.
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WED, SEPT 16, 2015 Self Hypnosis for Positive Change – 7-8:30pm. Learn the many benefits that hypnosis can offer. Experiential class – will undergo a hypnotic induction, learn how to hypnotize yourself and personalize the process to achieve personal goals. $28. Dearborn High School, 19501 W Outer Dr, Dearborn. 734-788-6478.
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Alzheimer’s and Late Onset Dementia - 7:158pm. Dr. Gregory will be speaking about how the Standard American Diet (SAD) contributes to the risk for developing Alzheimer’s and late onset Dementia. Learn how to protect yourself and your family by making healthy choice in your diet and lifestyle. Call to register. Free. Canton Ctr Chiropractic Clinic, 6231 N Canton Ctr Rd, Ste 109, Canton. 734-455-6767.
WED, SEPT 23, 2015 Paws for Reading – 4:30-5:30pm. Children of all ages can come t the library and read to beagles Wally and Katie. The dogs are certified therapy dogs, friendly and calm. Harper Woods Public Library, 19601 Harper Ave, Harper Woods. 313-343-2575.
WED, SEPT 23, 2015
save the date Tai Chi Easy – 7pm. This six week Tai Chi Easy class presents powerful health enhancement practices from Chinese medicine plus five movements from Yang style Tai Chi, in a simple and easy way to learn and allows participants to gain health benefits of Tai Chi quickly. $58. Grosse Ile Middle School, Grosse Ile. Facebook.com/Ease.Chi. 734-675-2364.
THUR, SEPT 24, 2015 Build a Better Brain – 7-8:30pm. Decoding/ examining popular theories, nutritional guidelines for ADHD, dementia, etc. Free. Karl Wellness Center & Chiropractic Clinic, 30935 Ann Arbor Trail, Westland. 734-435-8220.
SAT, SEPT 26, 2015 Rapid Weight Loss Cooking Class – 11am12pm. Learn the cause of your belly fat and what foods target specific fat areas. Get rid of stubborn resistant body fat. Prepare healthy rapid weight loss foods from Dr. Linda Solomon’s weight loss book. Take home weight loss recipes. Free. RSVP. TLC Holistic Wellness, 31580 Schoolcraft, Livonia. 734-664-0339.
SUN, SEPT 27, 2015 Meditation – 4-5pm. We will explore some of the deeper meanings of yoga in dharma talk, pranayama & a variety of meditation techniques including silent practice. Wear loose fitting close and bring yoga and meditation props you already own. $10. Yoga Shala and Wellness Center, 25411 W Warren, Dearborn Heights. 313-617-9535.
MON, SEPT 28, 2015 Monday Night Meditation- 7:15-8pm. Join MJ for evening of meditation & learn techniques to use at home; breath work. All levels welcome. Call to register. Free. Canton Ctr Chiropractic Clinic, 6231 N Canton Ctr Rd, Ste 109, Canton. 734-455-6767.
looking ahead SUN, OCT, 18, 2015 Fall Clean Up - 1-3pm. Workshop hosted by Detroit Farm and Garden. Free. 1759 21st Street, Detroit. 313-655-2344.
FRI, OCT 23, 2015 Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit – (10/24, 25). 11th Annual Conference. Programs, displays & more. At Marygrove College. Register now. GLBD.org.
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THUR, NOV 12, 2015
BODY MIND & SPIRIT EXPO Largest expo to exhibit in Dearborn with professional mediums, intuitive communicators and healers gathered under one roof. Lectures, speakers, demonstrations and more. $10. Under 12 free. Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, Dearborn. HealingBodyAndSpirit.com.
Center for Peace & Conflict Studies Celebration – 5:30pm. First annual fundraising event to celebrate 59th anniversary plus looking forward to the future. Many volunteers committed many hours to create a new Strategic Plan which embraces the success of the past while framing a blueprint to “embrace the future”, continuing as leader in community and worldwide research, training and service; ranging from local conflict resolution programs in schools, public agencies and neighborhoods to organizing and contributing to nat. & international conferences, trainings & publications. Sponsorship opportunities available to support this worthwhile program. Individual tickets $75. The event will be held at Byblos Banquet, 7258 Chase, Dearborn. Clas. wayne.edu/pcs.org. 313-577-3453.
SAT, DEC 12, 1015 Healthy Holiday Classics – Remixed – 5-8pm. Join Greening of Detroit for a fun-filled class demonstrating healthy holiday dishes from around the world. $5. Free for Greening of Detroit members & Build A Garden members. Scholarships also available. RSVP at education@ greeningofdetorit. com. 1418 Michigan Ave, Detroit. GreeningOf-Detroit
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Detroit Eastern Market /Detroit – 6am-4pm. Focus on Artisans. Russell St, between Mack & Gratiot. 313-833-9300.
Wild Wednesdays – Greenland Markets, best prices on fruits and vegetables. Locations in Dearborn & Dearborn Heights. SuperGreenlandMarket.com.
Real Women Real Issues – 11:30am-12pm. Tune into WMYD My TV 20 to hear the original broadcast, featuring a segment with the Jungle Juice Bar. 313-571-3075.
Rotary Club of Detroit – 12-1:30pm. Great local speakers at the weekly lunch meeting. RSVP. $25. Business attire. Detroit Athletic Club, 241 Madison Ave, Detroit. 586-943-5785.
Donation Yoga -11:45am. All levels welcome in a serene studio with natural light. Be Nice Yoga, 4100 Woodward, Detroit. 313-544-9787.
Lunch Time Yoga Vinyasa- 12pm. Level l/ll (A). Heidi Miklos Yoga 4 Peace, 13550 Dix-Toledo Rd, Southgate. 734-282-9642.
Gentle Basic Yoga – 9:30-10:30am. Have you been wanting to try a yoga class? David Demo teaches this wonderful class that will help get your week off to a great start – all levels welcome. New students – first week free, then $5 per class afterwards. Strongheart Yoga, 8373 Old 13 Mile Rd, Warren. StrongHeartYoga.com Hot Yoga – 6-7:30pm. (also,Wed, 9-10:30am. and Fri, 4:30-6pm.). Come with an empty stomach; nothing to eat 2 hours prior to class. Drink plenty of water beginning hours before class time. Dress in tank top shirt; dress as if you were at the beach. $ 15 drop-in. Taylor Yoga, 8935 Telegraph Rd, Taylor. 313-292-9642. Greater Health Walking Group -6-7:30pm. Explore the beautiful trails of Palmer Park, connect with new friends and thrive in healthy fun. Free. Splash Park on Merrill Plaisance, Detroit. 313-451-1278.
SWCRC Connections Weekly Networking Group – 8am. 1st and 3rd Tues of month. Free to Chamber members one buisness per industry. Non-members can visit two meetings free. WCCC-Downriver Campus, 21000 Northline Rd – Conference Room 8, Taylor. Story Time – 10-11am. Stories for seniors, adults and children. Weekly themes. Jungle Juice Bar, 14929 Charlevoix, Grosse Pointe Park. 313571-3075 Greater Health Walking Group -6-7:30pm. Explore the beautiful trails of Palmer Park, connect with new friends and thrive in healthy fun. Free. Splash Park on Merrill Plaisance, Detroit. 313-451-1278.
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Canton Communicators Club – 6:30pm. Learn to become a better communicator and improve public speaking abilities! Fellows Creek Golf & Banq, 2936 S. Lotz Rd, Canton. Community Share Dinner & Activities – 6pm. Join us for a meal, followed by contemporary worship, Bible study, classes, music, cards, and crafts-sign up for dinner each wk, suggested cost $6 per adult, $4 for 4-14, 3 and under free. “paywhat-you-can”. Allen Park Presbyterian Church, 7101 Park Ave, Allen Park. 313-383-0100. Poetry Unplugged – 8-11pm. Open mic and acoustic live with host Sky Covington. See/ hear some of Detroit’s most prolific poets and songwriters. $5. Harbor House, 440 Clinton, Detroit. 586-362-7460.
SWCRC Connections Weekly Networking Group – 8am. 1st, 2nd, 3rd Thur. of month. Free to chamber members, one business per industry. Non-members can visit two meet. per month. WCCCD Downriver Campus, EPAC rm 8 (upstairs). 21000 Northline, Taylor. Basic Computer Class – 10-11am. Presented by the Harper Woods Library. Call Mrs. Kent for more information. 19601 Harper, Harper Woods. HarperWoodsLibrary.org. 313-343-2575. Kid’s Yoga – 5:45-6:45pm. Yoga 4 Peace, 13550 Dix-Toledo Rd, Southgate. 734-282-9642 Ashtanga – 6pm. Yoga Shala & Wellness, 25411 W Warren, Suite D, Dearborn Heights. 313-278-4308 Open Mic – 7-10pm. For musicians, poets, comedians, etc. Sign up starts at 6:30pm. Free. Always Brewing Detroit, 19180 Grand River, Detroit. 313-879-1102.
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Greater Health Walking Group -6-7:30pm. Explore the beautiful trails of Palmer Park, connect with new friends and thrive in healthy fun. Free. Splash Park on Merrill Plaisance, Detroit. 313-451-1278. Greater Health Walking Group -6-7:30pm. Explore the beautiful trails of Palmer Park, connect with new friends and thrive in healthy fun. Free. Splash Park on Merrill Plaisance, Detroit. 313-451-1278.
Belly Dancing- 6:15-7:30pm. $15. Taylor Yoga, 8935 Telegraph Rd, Taylor. 313-292-9642.
Detroit Eastern Market /Detroit – 6am-4pm. Russell, between Mack & Gratiot. 313-833-9300. Tai Chi on The Ave – 8-9am. Balance, strength, flexibility & relaxation with Ted Cash. All ages. $5. Please call to confirm schedule. Detroit Fiber Works, 19359 Livernois, Detroit. 313-610-5111. Yoga on the Terrace – 9:30-10:30am. Taylor Yoga hosts guided yoga suitable for all levels at Taylor Conservatory. Designed to strengthen the mind, body & spirit. $10. 22314 Northline Rd, Taylor. 313-292-9642. Mind, Body, Spirit Class – 10am. May be Tai Chi, or QuGong or chair Yoga. Classes are free but a donation is encouraged for the generous instructors who donate their time. Source Booksellers, 4240 Cass, Suite 105, Detroit. 313832-1155.
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WORLD MEDICAL RELIEF SEEKING VOLUNTEERS - Volunteers needed to assist in sorting and packing donated medical supplies. No exp needed, but medical experience is especially helpful. Saturday work days start at 9am-11:30am.Bring a friend or two along and introduce them to the work we are doing overseas and locally. Volunteer opportunities for groups during the week as well as the scheduled Saturdays. Weekday hours for volunteering are Mon-Thur 8am-4pm, in 4 hr shifts. Contact Carolyn at 313-866-5333, ext. 222. World Medical Relief 11745 Rosa Parks Blvd, Detroit. 313-866-5333 WorldMedicalRelief.org.
Do you have professional skills? Help the American Red Cross by becoming an Office Support Volunteer. Support the Red Cross by performing administrative duties to support a specific team, department, or chapter. 4 hour shifts. Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:00pm. American Red Cross, 100 Mack Ave, Detroit.
ELDER HELPERS Volunteer to help elders for the activities you enjoy, on a schedule that works best for you. Go to ElderHelpers.org to create a volunteer profile and start today! ARTS & SCRAPS
HELP WANTED Natural Awakenings Detroit has an opening for a part time role for a marketing or communications major to assist with research, monthly editorial, events and projects. Strong social media skills, outgoing personality, self motivated with an interest in healthy living. This is an unpaid internship initially, but could work into a paid position after 90 days. Email resume to publisher@NaturalAwakeningsDetroit.com
WISH LIST
Drop in to volunteer at the store any Monday 10 1. Kind donors drop off bags and bags of material each week and our clients love it, but the quantity gets away from us. Come help sort our new materials and spruce up the store peacefully. Just come, no specific time commitment necessary. As a bonus you get first peek at what is new! No need to call just come right to our side door and let’s begin. Arts & Scraps, 16135 Harper, Detroit.
MAY
breast health
JUNE
healing addiction
JULY
food democracy COMMUNITY
healing addiction
JULY
OCTOBER food democracy
AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER
GARDEN – WESTLAND
plus: inspired living
harvesting, weeding, and planting at the DTE SEPTEMBER agelessness plus: balanced man plus: yoga benefits plus: inspired living
NOVEMBER
Energy Farm Project - Westland that provides all the food harvested to Gleaners Community Food Bank and their community partner agencies.
working together
plus: natural antidepressants
true wealth
plus: beauty parenting with presence
DECEMBER prayer & meditation plus: creativity The Westland garden is located at the back of the
agelessness
plus: holiday themes
plus: yoga benefits
working together
plus: natural antidepressants
NOVEMBER
true wealth
DECEMBER
prayer & meditation
plus: beauty
plus: holiday themes
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Office Supplies Writeable CDs Sharpies/Markers Laptop Computers Copier Paper
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Volunteer Needs Disinfecting Wipes Sunscreen Lunches/Snacks for Volunteers Paper Products Hand Sanitizer Bottled Water First Aid Kits Duct Tape
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Construction Power Tools Pick-up Trucks Fork Lift Hand Tools Table Saw Roto-tiller Appliance Dolly Pallet Jack Commercial Landscape Services
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ReStore Shopping Carts Flatbed Carts Kitchen Cabinets Upholstered Furniture New and Used Appliances
plus: balanced man
plus: natural birth AUGUST parenting with presence We are looking for volunteer to assist with plus: creativity
JUNE
Please contact us if you would like to donate an item from this list. Habitat for Humanity Detroit is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Your contribution is tax deductable in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code. HabitatDetroit.org. 313- 521-6691
MICRO MENTOR
Your professional skills can help small businesses 2015 grow and create jobs. Volunteer as a mentor and make a meaningful 2015 connection with a business owner. Mentors join, search for entrepreneurs to assist online, and once connected, serve as a coach and trusted guide. This volunteer departments themes themes opportunity is extremely flexible. You set the JANUARY whole systems health healthbriefs consciouseating plus: energy boosters schedule and the expectations with your mentee. globalbriefs JANUARY wisewords whole systems health plus: energy FEBRUARY boosters enlightened relationships ecotips fitbody Meanwhile, our support staff is by your side plus: healing grief greenliving FEBRUARY inspiration enlightened relationships every step of the way to help you succeed as a MARCH animal rights healingways naturalpet plus: healing grief plus: new healthy cuisine mentor. Some entrepreneurs need a sounding healthykids APRIL nature’s wisdom MARCH animal rights plus: healthy home board or general industry advice, while others plus: new healthy MAY cuisine breast health are looking for targeted technical advising. Join plus: natural birth at MicroMentor.org APRIL nature’s wisdom plus: healthy home
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY DETROIT WISH LIST
DTE Training and Development site at 38155 Cherry Hill Rd. It is on the south side of Cherry Hill Rd, west of Newburgh. Pull in where you see the DTE sign, then drive through the parking lot to the small road behind it. Follow that road all the way around until you see the garden on your left. Please drive slowly, as there is a lot of activity at the site. Tuesdays, 9am-12pm.
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CHIROPRACTIC WELLNESS CANTON CENTER CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC
HISTORICAL SITE PACKARD PROVING GROUNDS HISTORIC SITE
Serving the community for 26 years 6231 N Canton Center Rd #109, Canton, MI 48187 734-455-6767 CantonCenterChiropractic.com
49965 Van Dyke Ave Shelby Twp, MI 48317 (bet 22 & 23 Mile Rds) 586-943-5785 PackardEvents.org
We offer Chiropractic and nutritional services to help you achieve optimal wellness. Additional services include Massage, Reflexolgy, Reiki, Kinesio-Taping and educational workshops. Let Dr. Robert Potter, Jr. and Associates be “Your Natural Health Care Providers”.
Beautiful automotive history site with Albert Kahn designed buildings on 14 acres. Includes banquet facilities that accommodates all different size groups up to 300 guests for a sit down meal. Free tours every Sat @ 11am, May 9th thru Oct 24th.
INTERIOR DESIGN HURON ST. CLAIR CONCEPTS huronstclairconcepts.com 586-871-5774 kr@huronstclairconcepts.com
Our firm specializes in interior revision, event production and editorial services; personal and corporate. We analyze, recommend and implement creative solutions to meet your requirements. Create . Consult . Coordinate.
A photographer gets people to pose for him. A yoga instructor gets people to pose for themselves. ~T. Guillemets
FARMERS MARKET
HOLISTIC HEALTH NATURES REMEDIES DR DENISE ACTON, N.D.
SHELBY FARMERS MARKET 49965 Van Dyke Ave Shelby Twp info@ShelbyFarmersMarket.com ShelbyFarmersMarket.com
734-645-4434 NaturesRemediesDR.com
The 2015 season starts May 9th and runs thru Oct 24th and the Harvest Festival. Now accepting Snap benefits + double up food bucks. New group of Amish farmers will have grass fed meats and fresh goat cheese along with locally grown organic produce, honey, maple syrup, fresh baked breads, flowers, plants and Chef Kendall Mitchell will prepare recipes with in season produce and cooking demonstrations. Donation yoga class every week @ 9am, and free historic tours at 11am, meet at the front gates.
Certified naturopathic doctor offers acupuncture treatments, nutritional counseling, massage raindrop therapy, and biomeridian testing for a variety of issues. Advanced training in nutrition response testing for food sensitivities, chemicals, heavy metals, or virus, bacteria, fungus or parasites. She works out of several clinics in Ann Arbor and Brighton. Call to schedule an appt today to get your health back on track.
HEALTH FOOD STORES
SONG OF THE MORNING YOGA RETREAT CENTER 9607 Sturgeon Valley Rd, Vanderbilt, MI 49795 989-983-4107 office@songofthemorning.org SongoftheMorning.org Find spiritual refreshment amongst 800-acres of natural beauty for your own personal retreat or participate in workshops, yoga classes, meditations, or Sunday Service. Accommodations and gourmet vegetarian meals available.
SPIRITUALITY ONE SPACE LESLIE BLACKBURN
ZERBO’S
Dearborn, MI 313.269.6719 OneSpaceConnected.com MysterySchooloftheTempleArts.com
34164 Plymouth Rd. Livonia, MI 48150 734-427-3144 Zerbos.com Wall to Wall supplements Organic products & produce Frozen & Refrigerated foods Groceries, Teas, Bulk Foods Natural Chemical Free Pet Products Mineral Based Cosmetics Chemical Free Personal Care products Raw Living & Sprouted Food Section Fitness Section and more.
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Illuminating the Path of Self-Realization through A r t , Yo g a , S a c r e d G e o m e t r y, S a c r e d Sexuality & more! Individual and couple coaching is available in addition to group classes, workshops and retreats. Browse the website for original artwork and music. Prints, music downloads and commission pieces are also available.
communityresourceguide WELLNESS CENTERS DR. WILLIAM H. KARL, D.C., CERTIFIED WELLNESS DOCTOR KARL WELLNESS CENTER & CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC 30935 Ann Arbor Trail Westland, MI 48185 734-425-8220 KarlWellnessCenter.com Certified Wellness Doctor with over 30 years experience, Dr. William H. Karl, D.C., is dedicated to helping his patients obtain optimal healthutilizing whole food supplements, herbs, homeopathic remedies, nutritional consultation, allergy elimination/reprogramming techniques, detoxification programs, advanced chiropractic care, cold laser, and Neurological Relief Techniques for Fibromyalgia and pain management.
OLIVE SEED
A hub for wellness & social change Olive-Seed.com Latricia Wright vitality@Olive-Seed.com (313) 757-0993 We provide affordable products and transformational workshops, emphasizing nutrition and lifestyle planning for holistic betterment. We offer a unique service that indicates the body’s biochemical balance and state of general health. We also feature customized wellness planning, custom herbal tea blends and homemade beauty products that offer a non-toxic and sustainable addendum to our programs. Call today and maximize your health potential!
SACRED SPACE YOGA CENTRE (SSYC) 2930 E Jefferson Detroit MI 48207 www.sacredspaceyogadetroit.com (313) 352.6788
Sacred Space Yoga Centre is a faith based yoga centre serving the city of Detroit.” We want our space to become your space of healing and transformation”.
YOGA YOGA 4 PEACE
13550 Dix-Toledo Rd., Southgate Mi 48195 y4peace.org Yoga 4 Peace is a non-profit yoga studio that offers classes on a donation basis. We have a wide variety of classes for every level. We offer Classes, Workshops, Retreats and Teacher Training.
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